Whilst having a small break from work so that I can catch up on some much needed jobs around the home like house insurance renewal, I have continued to think about stage two of my Newark Park project.
The idea for the second stage was to embroider a drawing from a screenshot of one of my boys' games. I chose 'Star Wars Battlefront' because I really liked the graphic content and also, was able to find an image that did not include guns! But then, I was reminded by Liz Hewitt to think about copyright. After a day of trying to work out who to contact, my son came home from school and straight away informed me of the company who made the game. With some research I found a contact number, was then directed towards an online permission request form and accordingly sent an email that evening. To my surprise they emailed back the following day but, it was a no go - due to licensing rules they couldn't give permission. So what to do next?
On the verge of giving up, past experience reminded me that a rejection, such as BMW and the image of a mini being declined, led to the drawing of the Bristol Engine, a major success. Whilst I am not so sure about the success of this project (due to my confidence in new projects), talking over the issue with Liz and a class on HDR photography has made me think about the possibility of finding my own image and superimposing the back of my son into the image (much like Darth Vader in the Star Wars image).
Below is an image that I made at photography last Tuesday. The technique involved taking the same image at 6 different f stops and then layering them one on top the other in photoshop. The colours were changed slightly and the image made to look more painterly, more like the graphics from a game console
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| The Launderette, HDR photography |
The issue over copyright made me take some time to try and work out how to copyright my own images. I think I have now managed this through lightroom and will ensure that I do it to all my blog images.
